Miles creates beautiful drawings to help save the Willow Run Bomber Plant. This is Miles. He's 11, and he loves the Willow Run Bomber Plant. Some of us heard about him when we were talking with tailgaters at a recent U of M football game. But we had no way to find him. Fortunately, he… Continue reading 11 Year Old Boy Draws Bombers to Save Willow Run
Category: Orphan Car Show
Willow Run Grand Opening 1942, Part I: a B-24 Bomber Flies up from Smyrna, TN
Mr. Homer Hinchliff, whose father was a USAAF B-24 pilot, and attended the grand opening of the Willow Run Bomber Plant. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Homer Hinchliff of Willis, Michigan at the Orphan Car Show in Ypsilanti. Mr. Hinchliff says his dad, Lt. Col. Edward Hinchliff, was present in 1942 at the… Continue reading Willow Run Grand Opening 1942, Part I: a B-24 Bomber Flies up from Smyrna, TN
Willow Run Grand Opening 1942, Part 2: Rats on a Plane!
And you thought snakes were bad! Another great story from Mr. Homer Hinchliff of Willis, MI. Homer's father, Lt. Col. Edward Hinchliff, with his B-24 Liberator bomber, was present at the Grand Opening of the Willow Run Bomber Plant. But this story is about what happened after the war. Lt. Col. Hinchliff was on his… Continue reading Willow Run Grand Opening 1942, Part 2: Rats on a Plane!
Little People at the Willow Run Bomber Plant
World War One Aviator Eddie Rickenbacker meeting with Little People at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run Bomber Plant during WWII. Photo courtesy of TheHenryFord. I visited the Orphan Car Show in Ypsilanti today (a benefit for the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum, another treasure from Ypsilanti's distinguished industrial past.) And, as usual, I met a lot… Continue reading Little People at the Willow Run Bomber Plant
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